שָׂנֵא
sa.ne
“to hate”
Definition
to hate (personally)
a primitive root;
- to hate, be hateful 1a) (Qal) to hate 1a1) of man 1a2) of a3) hater, one hating, enemy (participle) (subst) 1b) (Niphal) to be hated 1c) (Piel) hater (participle) 1c1) of persons, nations, God, wisdom Aramaic equivalent: se.ne (*שְׂנָא *"to hate" H8131)
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logos (G3056)
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Grammar & Morphology
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Occurrences
שָׂנֵא appears 118 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
The king of Israel answered, “There is still one man who can ask the LORD, but I hate him because he never prophesies anything good for me, but only bad. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.”“The king should not say that!” Jehoshaphat replied.
and the second man hates her, writes her a certificate of divorce, hands it to her, and sends her away from his house, or if he dies,
“Why have you come to me?” Isaac asked them. “You hated me and sent me away.”
“For I hate divorce,” says the LORD, the God of Israel. “He who divorces his wife covers his garment with violence,” says the LORD of Hosts. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith.
and you will say, “How I hated discipline,and my heart despised reproof!
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